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Stimuli‐Responsive Surfaces for Tunable and Reversible Control of Wettability
Author(s) -
Huang Xu,
Sun Yajuan,
Soh Siowling
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201501578
Subject(s) - superhydrophilicity , wetting , materials science , self healing hydrogels , nanotechnology , membrane , embedding , chemical engineering , composite material , polymer chemistry , computer science , biology , engineering , genetics , artificial intelligence
Surfaces with controllable wettability can be fabricated by embedding superhydrophobic particles into stimuli‐responsive hydrogels. When the hydrogel changes its size due to a specific stimulus, the wettability of the surface can be reversibly tuned from superhydrophobic to superhydrophilic. This general method is used to fabricate “smart" membranes for controlling the permeability of chemicals under the influence of multiple stimuli simultaneously.